Simply put, copywriting is the creation of a script to sell a product or service from your home business website. Its main objective is to persuade your potential customers to become paying clients. SEO or search engine optimization copywriting involves making the text of your content search engine friendly by adding key words related to your theme or product. When people search for information about your merchandise you want your website to be on the first page of the search engine results, ideally in the number one position, and well written content can accomplish this goal.
Many home business owners online who don’t have the time or don’t feel comfortable writing their own content contract out this task to professional writers who will take on any and all sections of your website and will supply you with the keyword laden text you need to attract the search engines attention. If you’re one of the more adventurous Internet marketers on the web or perhaps you simply enjoy writing here’s what you need to do to get started with SEO copywriting.
First of all keyword research is the key, pardon the pun, to success with writing content that’s search engine friendly. You can use Google’s free keyword research tool to find the most searched for words related to your product or service by your target market. Armed with this information you should now be ready to tackle your script with the goal of finishing first in the search engine results.
Now that you have this all important information where can you place it on your website in order to achieve optimum results? Aside from your web page content you can also add these words to your meta tag descriptions, your title tags and your header tags. The most important point to emphasize when adding these keywords is don’t get carried away and saturate your home page with these words because nothing will repel the search engines from your website faster than overly used keywords on your site.
For example, if you’re writing an article the guiding principle is to have these words make up no more than 1% to 3% of your script otherwise you’ll run the risk of being ignored by the major search engines online.
One vital aspect of SEO and content is to make sure you add fresh relevant information to your website on a regular basis. When adding new content try to update your information at the same time every day or every second day or whatever your schedule happens to be. This helps the search engines find your website and updating at different times every time you do so can make this more difficult. This new information must be related to the products or services you provide and contain the necessary keywords.
Always try to remember the old Internet marketing adage which is: “content drives traffic” because adding fresh, relevant content on a regular basis, and as often as possible, will attract targeted visitors to your home business website who are there because they’re interested in what you have to offer. Always keep your audience in mind when writing your content and first page rankings will soon be the end result.